Baseball: Bears add toTrenton Legion team

By Jordan Honeycutt, Sports Writer

Published: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 09:29 PM.

TRENTON | The Trenton/Jones American Legion Post 154 baseball team will feature a heavy New Bern High School flavor this summer. After getting Kyle Gaskins and Sean Garbarino to join the squad a year ago, both are back this season in addition to former Bears’ starting pitchers Bailey Jones and Cole Greene and shortstop Austin King. Blake Toler, from Pamlico, is also playing Legion ball as are Adam Nelson (Epiphany) and returners Will Price, Tyler Metts and Taylor Wright. Ricky Metts is back coaching the group. “I think we have just got to establish some chemistry with the new guys and put people in the right positions, but once we do that, I think our pitching staff will keep us in every game and give us a chance to win most of them,” Metts said. Garbarino is still in Florida pitching in the Club Baseball (NCBA) World Series, where ECU is one of four teams remaining. Jones, Garbarino, Price, Nelson and King have all been members of the Sun Journal’s All-Area baseball team in the past. “We’ve got a ton of talent definitely, it’s just getting that chemistry,” Metts said. “It took us a while last season but in the second half of the year, we played really well and into the playoffs. We should be capable of hitting with most teams and like I said, our pitching will be right with most other teams too.” Trenton Post 154 lost its first two games of the season to Jacksonville and Kinston. “We were getting some playing time for some of the younger guys, and due to other obligations, we didn’t have everybody here for those two,” Metts said. “We are going to be ready to go once the season really gets rolling.” Trenton is back in action for its first home game Thursday for a return game against Kinston at 7 p.m.

TRENTON | The Trenton/Jones American Legion Post 154 baseball team will feature a heavy New Bern High School flavor this summer.
After getting Kyle Gaskins and Sean Garbarino to join the squad a year ago, both are back this season in addition to former Bears’ starting pitchers Bailey Jones and Cole Greene and shortstop Austin King.
Blake Toler, from Pamlico, is also playing Legion ball as are Adam Nelson (Epiphany) and returners Will Price, Tyler Metts and Taylor Wright.
Ricky Metts is back coaching the group.
“I think we have just got to establish some chemistry with the new guys and put people in the right positions, but once we do that, I think our pitching staff will keep us in every game and give us a chance to win most of them,” Metts said.
Garbarino is still in Florida pitching in the Club Baseball (NCBA) World Series, where ECU is one of four teams remaining.
Jones, Garbarino, Price, Nelson and King have all been members of the Sun Journal’s All-Area baseball team in the past.
“We’ve got a ton of talent definitely, it’s just getting that chemistry,” Metts said.
“It took us a while last season but in the second half of the year, we played really well and into the playoffs. We should be capable of hitting with most teams and like I said, our pitching will be right with most other teams too.”
Trenton Post 154 lost its first two games of the season to Jacksonville and Kinston.
“We were getting some playing time for some of the younger guys, and due to other obligations, we didn’t have everybody here for those two,” Metts said.
“We are going to be ready to go once the season really gets rolling.”
Trenton is back in action for its first home game Thursday for a return game against Kinston at 7 p.m.